| Birth |
11 Feb 1811 |
Near Bloomingdale, Waterloo Co., Ontario [3] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00106-6302 |
| Died |
22 Jan 1877 |
[4] |
| Person ID |
I1081 |
| Last Modified |
01 May 2005 |
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| Father |
Jacob (Yoch) Schneider, b. 24 Jan 1764, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania |
| Mother |
Mary ERB, b. 2 Mar 1766 |
| Group Sheet |
F286 |
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| Family 1 |
Elizabeth Snider, b. 19 Apr 1817 |
| Married |
27 Mar 1836 |
[5,6] |
| Children |
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| Group Sheet |
F57 |
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| Family 2 |
Margaret Brehm, b. 9 Oct 1836 |
| Children |
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| Group Sheet |
F58 |
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| Notes |
Henry Snider, "the youngest of old Jacob Schneider's large family, was born near Bloomingdale, Ontario, February 2nd, 1811. On march 27th, 1836, he was married to Elizabeth daughter of Jacob C. and Elizabeth (Cressman) Snider. She was born April 19th, 1817. Soon after his married he moved on his father's old homestead where she died January 13th, 1855. Some time after the decease of his wife he was again married to Margaret, daughter of Conrad and Margaret (Kraft) Brehm. She was born October 9th, 1836. Besides being proprietor of the large farm now in possession of his son, Josiah, Mr. Snider was owner of the large roller flour mills in Conestogo, now in possession of his son, Menno S. he and the late Samuel S. Shantz always took an active part in all municipal matters pertaining to their native township and county, Waterloo. Mr. Snider was one of the first parties advocating the necessity of forming a County Agricultural Society, and after its formation was chosen as one of its first directors which position he held for many years in succession. He died January 22nd, 1877. After his decease his widow moved to St. Jacobs where she still resides. .." |
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| Sources |
1. [S1] Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 321 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [S2] Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra Eby, 275 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [S1] Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 335 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
4. [S1] Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 336 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
5. [S1] Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 335 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
6. [S2] Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra Eby, 275 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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| Documents |  | Deed
Deed 326 dated June 22, 1843 between Jacob J. Snider and Commissioners of Common Schools for the Township of Waterloo. Part of Lot 6 Waterloo Township was purchased for a school. |  | Mortgage
Mortgage 3559 dated December 31, 1870 between Elias Snider, the younger, and Elias Snider and Henry Snider, Executors for Jacob C. Snider, on parts of Lots 7, 8, 9 and 10, Woolwich Township, Ontario. |  | Mortgage
Mortgage with Dower 3308 dated October 23, 1869 between Benjamin D. Snyder, and Elias Snyder and Henry Snyder, executors for Jacob C. Snyder on Lots 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 40, Woolwich Township, Ontario. |
| | Reference Materials |  | Canadian-German Folkore
Volume 1 of the Tweedsmuir History of the community of Bloomingdale, Waterloo County, Ontario, which deals with its early settlement; reprinted as Volume 5 of Canadian-German Folkore. |
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Region of Waterloo